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Bikinis and Social Justice Week at College Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 29, 2014 4 Comments

Running for student body with the help of student bodies. San Diego State Student Runs for Office on Bikini Babe Platform Just don’t party too hardy… Unintended Consequences of Grade Inflation: Riot Police Now Containing Student Celebrations Also, be sure to avoid contact with others....

California version of “American Hustle” features cameo by #Shrimpboy

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 29, 2014 12 Comments

I am a fan of American Hustle, the Hollywood take on Abscam, a FBI sting operation that was aided by a convicted con-man in which politicians were videotaped as they were offered bribes by a fictional Middle Eastern sheik in return for various political favors....

It’s still all over in Ithaca

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 29, 2014 6 Comments

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Friday Night Links

Posted by Mandy Nagy on March 28, 2014 0 Comments

Some links for your Friday evening reading… A case that began after a social media posting two years ago finally draws to a close. Via the Daily Caller, ACLU wins case against school for forcing sixth-grader to give up Facebook password. If you’re just catching...

NJ Gov. Chris Christie announces resignation of Port Authority chairman

Posted by Mandy Nagy on March 28, 2014 6 Comments

The chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has resigned, according to a statement from NJ Governor Chris Christie in a news conference Friday. From FOX News: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced Friday that the chairman of the Port Authority...

NY college to offer summer course on Miley Cyrus

Posted by Mandy Nagy on March 28, 2014 21 Comments

I have to admit, I saw this come across my newsfeed the other day and then on social media but I brushed past it initially because I assumed it was probably just satire. Or something. It wasn’t. Apparently there will be a summer course on...

Maryland County Commissioner defies federal judge’s prayer restriction

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on March 28, 2014 59 Comments

"I'm willing to go to jail over it."

Yankee One Dollar Closing Remaining Stores Due to Obamacare

Posted by Rusty Weiss on March 28, 2014 16 Comments

Citing Obamacare and an increase in the state’s minimum wage, the owner of Waterford-based Yankee One Dollar is closing down shop on all 23 remaining locations. Via the Times Union: Waterford-based Yankee One Dollar stores will be gone within the next five months, its owner...

Daniel Henninger – Why Can’t the Left Govern?

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 28, 2014 37 Comments

In a recent article at the Wall Street Journal, columnist Daniel Henninger posed this question: Why Can’t the Left Govern? Surveying the fall in support for the governments of Barack Obama, New York City’s progressive Mayor Bill de Blasio and France’s Socialist President François Hollande,...

“I was sitting in that exact spot, at the exact time, on the exact same day …

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 28, 2014 10 Comments

with my family but two weeks earlier" than the suicide bombing in Israel.

It’s all over in Ithaca

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 28, 2014 8 Comments

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While I’m away

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 27, 2014 26 Comments

for the next week celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary in the Dominican Republic, you will be in the able hands of our regular crew (Mandy’s the boss) plus guest blogging by Aleister from College Insurrection and American Glob, and Rusty Weiss from The Mental Recession....

Internal report clears Christie in Bridgegate scandal

Posted by Mandy Nagy on March 27, 2014 11 Comments

The findings of an internal investigation into the controversial September lane closures near the George Washington Bridge indicated on Thursday that NJ Governor Chris Christie had no involvement in the decision to close the lanes. From NorthJersey.com /The Record: Two former high-level Christie appointees share...